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Kwara: Customs Area Command Remitted N19bn To Federation Account In 29 Months - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 13, 2022
The area command also disclosed that it intercepted 3,620 rounds of live ammunitions during the period under review.
The Area Comptroller of the service in the state, Hussaini Bello Ahmed, said this in Ilorin, while speaking with journalists on the activities of the command in the last 29 months.
Ahmed also said, the command has made seizures of large quantity of ammunition packaged in 25 packs of 25 rounds each, contained in fourteen cartons, worth over 1.4 million naira.
He, however, said that, within the period under review, the Command has recorded 101 seizures as against corresponding year 2020 with 84 seizures.
420 Jeri cans of petrol, 39 used vehicles, 20 jerry cans of vegetable oil, 17 motorcycles used as a means of conveyance of foreign parboiled rice and petrol.

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Kwara Guber: Tribunal To Rule On PDP's Petition September 20th - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 15, 2019
The Kwara State GovernorshipElection Petitions Tribunal has fixed slated September 20, todeliver judgment in the petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party, PDPcandidate, Rasak Atunwa challenging the election of Governor AbdulRahmanAbdulRazaq.
Atunwa is challenging the electionof Abdulrazaq on the grounds that the Governor presented a forged secondaryschool certificate and not qualified to run for the Governorship, an allegationAbdulrazaq insists is baseless. The defendants in the case are the IndependentNational Electoral Commission, INEC Abdulrazaq, and the All ProgressivesCongress APC.
At the resumption of hearing,Counsel to Atunwa and the plaintiffs spoke to and adopted their final writtenaddresses before the three-man tribunal chaired by Justice Bassey Effiong.
While Atunwa called on the tribunalto hold that Abdulrazaq was not qualified to run in the election, Abdulrazaqsaid the petitioner failed to prove the allegation of forgery, while the WestAfrican Examination Council, WAEC which the petition had compelled, confirmedto the tribunal that the Governor sat its examination in 1976.0a�q|W

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Kwara: One Shot, Others Injured As Muslims, Christians Clash Over Use Of Hijab In Missionary School - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
February 3, 2022
The latest fracas erupted when some parents protested the rejection of
their wards at the school premises.
The protest was said to have degenerated into violence after an
unidentified man reportedly informed other protesters of a machete cut.
This triggered an angry reaction from the protesting parents.
The use of hijab has been generating controversy in public schools in the
state, especially in grant-aided missionary schools.
In February 2021, the state government ordered the closure of 10
schools over a dispute on the matter.
The controversy later degenerated into violence in Ilorin , where
Christians and Muslims engaged in a confrontation following the
decision of the state government to reopen the 10 schools earlier closed.
Thereafter, the Kwara government said the use of hijab in public schools
is not mandatory but schoolgirls who are willing can put on the headgear
and the school authorities should not turn anyone away for using it.
Confirming the development, Ajayi Okasanmi, Kwara police
spokesperson, said security personnel have been deployed to the scene.
Okasanmi said normalcy has returned to the school and that security
operatives would remain there until the area is safe for the residents.

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Kwara Para-Athletes Protest Govt Refusal To Provide Funds For Para-Sports Meet - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 8, 2022
The athletes, in their numbers barricaded the entrances leading to the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin, to press home their demands.
One of the athletes, who pleaded anonymity, said they have written to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, seeking approval to participate in the tournament, but nothing has been heard until Thursday morning which is incidentally the day the games village is opening.
The athlete confirmed that there might be light at the end of the tunnel for them as one person identified as Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters met them earlier and promised to get back to them.
He explained that some members of the Kwara State Sports Commission and representatives of the athletes met with the deputy governor, Kayode Alabi, and promised to speak with his boss and get back to them.
The state government and the Chairman of Kwara Sports Commission, Bola Mogaji, were yet to react to the development.

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Kwara Poly Alumni Expresses Concern Over Endless Debate On Degree/HND Dichotomy. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
Salami, who spoke in Ilorin during the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the institution, said it is needless since the University and polytechnic system have their separate reasons for being created.
The Alumni President stressed that the Nigerian Society of Engineers have officially made it clear to government that HND must be equal to BSc.
Salami also called on well-meaning Nigerians, individuals and corporate bodies to support the Government in the task of moving education forward in the country.


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Kwara   Poly   Alumni Expresses   Concern   Over   Endless   Debate   On   Degree/Hnd Dichotomy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
Salami, who spoke in Ilorin during the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the institution, said it is needless since the University and polytechnic system have their separate reasons for being created.
The Alumni President stressed that the Nigerian Society of Engineers have officially made it clear to government that HND must be equal to BSc.
Salami also called on well-meaning Nigerians, individuals and corporate bodies to support the Government in the task of moving education forward in the country.


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Kwara To Host Next State Sports Festival In 2022, Governor Says - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 20, 2021
AbdulRazaq gave the assurance on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the 6th National Youth Games (NYG) which ended on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital.
Kwara finished sixth on the Games’ final medals table with 10 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze medals.
He thanked the athletes for making the state proud at the festival.
The governor told newsmen that the five editions of NYG held in Kwara had led to improvement in the state’s sports facilities and internally generated revenue.
AbdulRazaq added that the state government was taking sports as a serious event, and this has shown in the performance of the athletes in comparison with the 2019 edition.
Delta State won the 6th NYG for a record sixth time with 114 medals, comprising 60 gold, 26 silver and 28 bronze.
The Games, which was held at the University of Ilorin sports complex, had 34 states and the FCT in attendance with 3,020 athletes and 345 coaches.

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Kwarin Gwiwa: Mu Za Mu Lashe Dukkan Zabubbukan Da Za A Maimaita - PDP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 18, 2019
Jam’iyyarPDP, ta bayyana kwarin-gwiwar cewa za ta lashe duk zabubbukan gwamna da za asake a wasu mazabu da rumfuna ko kananan hukumomi a fadin Nijeriya.
Acikin wata sanarwa da Sakataren Yada Labarai na jam’iyyar PDP Kola Ologbondiyanya fitar, ya ce duk wani kokarin da za a yi domin murde zaben ko karfa-karfatare da magudi jama’a ba za su yarda da shi ba.
Yace abin kunya ne a ce, bayan kammala zabe APC ta fito ta na kukan yadda abubuwasu ka dagule masu, alhalin kowa ya ga yadda ta yi amfani da karfin sojoji wajengudanar da zabe.
KolaOlogbondiyan, ya ce PDP ta na da yakinin cewa za ta yi nasara a dukkan zabukanda hukumar zabe ta ce ba su kammalu ba.
Daya ke tsokaci a kan zaben jihar Rivers kuwa, Kola ya ce a can ma tamkarture-kaza-kwashe-kwai jam’iyyar PDP za ta yi, domin kafin a dakatar da tattarakuri’u PDP ta na kan gaba da kuri’u dubu 81,000.
Yace a jihar Kano kuma kowa ya san tarihin al’ummar jihar ba su yarda su zabi maiwuwure kudaden talakawan su, kuma ba a yi musu wata barazana ko bude ido.

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Kylian Mbappe Takes Blame After Champions League Loss - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 9, 2024
Mbappé also acknowledged that missed chances played a role in the outcome of the match. Despite having over 60% ball possession and 30 shots in total in the second leg, PSG could only hit the woodwork four times.
“I tried to help my team as best as I could, but I didn’t do enough.”
“When things are good, I take all the limelight and when they are not, you have to take the shadow, that’s not a problem.
“The first one who should have scored tonight was me. That’s life and we have to move on, together with the team,” Mbappé said game in Paris.


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L.G Autonomy: Gbajabiamila Seeks Constitutional Amendment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 24, 2019
Speaker of the House of Representatives, FemiGbajabiamila, has called for the amendment of the constitution to ensure fullautonomy for local governments in the country.
Speaking during 12 Annual Conference ofthe Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration ofNigeria in Abuja, he said autonomy for local governments was the only waypeople at the grassroots level could enjoy the benefits of government.
The conference had as its theme, “Local governmentautonomy as the bedrock of rural development.’
The Speaker, who was represented by the memberrepresenting Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency Lagos State, Jide Jimoh, said,he know for sure the issue of autonomy has to be taken from the constitutionitself.

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La Liga Round Up: Madrid Derby ends in stalemate, Barca finally won a game away from the Camp Nou - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Mohammed Abdulhammed
September 29, 2019
The first instalment of the Madrid derby for the season ended in a stalemate as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid played a goalless draw in their LaLiga tie on Saturday.
The first half was indeed a fierce contest as it is often the case in previous Madrid derby ties.
While 10 shots were registered within the 45 minutes, it was outnumbered by the 14 fouls in same period.
Both Kieran Trippier and Eden Hazard got their first tastes of derby action from the kickoff but neither could help change the outcome of the tie.
In the second half, Real were arguably the better side, but could not convert any of their chances.
Nacho’s cross rolled over invitingly for Bale, who could only curl a wild attempt over the bar.
With 15 minutes to go, Benzema’s header appeared destined for the bottom corner, but Oblak got over to make a vital save and ensure the hosts came away with a point.
Both sides are in midweek Champions League action. Real host Club Brugge on Tuesday as they look to bounce back from defeat at PSG, while Atletico travel to Russia to face Lokomotiv Moscow on the same evening.
Elsewhere Ramon Azeez and his Granada teammates continued their good run as they secured a 1-0 win over Kenneth Omeruo and Chidozie Awaziem’s Leganes.
At the home of Getafe, Luis Suarez and Junior Firpo got both goals for Barcelona as they ran out 0-2 winners against their Madrid rivals, the victory marked barca’s first win away from the camp nou this season.

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Labarun Bogi: Osinbajo Ya Karyata Rahoton Da Ke Cewa Ya Yi Murabus - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 21, 2019
Mataimakinshugaban kasa Farfesa yemi Osinbajo, ya karyata rahotannin da ke cewa ya yimurabus daga kujerar sa saboda  wanisabani da ya samu da shugaba Muhammadu Buhari.
Andai samu jita-jitan cewa Osinbajo ya nuna bacin ran sa a kan rashin gayyatar saganawar da shugaba Buhari ya yi da jami’an tsaro da gwamnonin Nijeriya a  Abuja
Tsohonmai magana da yawun tsohon shugaban kasa Doyin Okupe, ya ce an hana Osinbajoshiga dakin taron, ya na mai cewa Osinbajo ya ce ba a sanar da shi a kanganawar ba, kuma lokacin da ya samu labari an hana shi shiga.
Saidai Farfesa Yemi Osinajo ya karyata wannan labari, inda ya ce labarin bogi nayawo musamman a wannan lokaci da ‘yan Nijeriya ke kokarin zabe, don haka ya cebai yi murabus ba.
Osinbajo ya kara da cewa, ya na kan aikin sa na bautar ‘yan Nijeriya a karkashin jagorancin shugaba Muhammadu Buhari.

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Laboratory: SON Installs Products Quality Testing Equipment In Bauchi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
August 17, 2021
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON has mounted products
quality testing equipment at the Bauchi state Zonal Laboratory complex
to boost testing capacity of products in the North.
Director Laboratory Services Barth Okoko announced this during the
installation of the equipment, demonstration and training of staff in
Bauchi state. He added that the equipment would be used for testing of
products that could be certified and confirmed to be of good quality.
Okoko explained that the installation of the equipment is the first of its
kind in the North since inception and most of the agricultural products
were from the North.
He said over the years, there was none of this nature that could test perishable products that could easily get damaged on transportation.
According to him, laboratories are said to be the bedrock of any establishment that is quality conscious because it is through testing that a product can be confirmed to be of quality or not.
Earlier, the SON Regional Coordinator, Adamu Abba, said the laboratory and the equipment would serve the North-East Zone and the entire North. He also noted that products from the North were hitherto sent to Lagos for testing, affecting their certification, adding that with the equipment, however, products would easily be tested and certified before going to markets.


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Labour Calls For Actions To Promote Public Health And Safety - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 9, 2020
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has called for measures geared toward promoting public health and safety by regulating, detecting, checking and managing food borne risks all over the world.
NLC President Ayuba Wabba who gave the advice in a statement in Abuja to celebrate the 2020 World Food Safety Day, WFSD, with the theme, “Food Safety is Everyone’s Business”, said the call for action is imperative to promote public health and safety.
He also noted that as it has been proved from the epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic, one unsafe food in any part of the world could be the source of sickness, deaths and massive global socio-economic dislocation and widespread misery.
Wabba pointed out that in the global fight to protect food sources, it is important to reach an accord through experimental scientific evidence on a list of harmful agrochemicals and food additives. He added that it is important to work concertedly and in synergy to eliminate such toxins from the global food chain.


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Labour: FG Seeks Ilo’s Support To Review, Strengthen Laws - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 4, 2019
The Federal Government on Friday requested the assistance of the International Labour Organisation, in the review and strengthening of Labour laws in the country.
ThePermanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, William Alo,made the request while receiving the ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, in hisoffice in Abuja.
Healso requested ILO’s assistance in capacity building for professional officersof the ministry.
According to him, there is the need to strengthen the Labour Inspectorate System in the country by providing technical assistance with regards to granting quotas for full fellowships to facilitate access to training programmes.
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Whileappreciating the ILO for the Decent Work Country Programme I and Decent WorkCountry Programme II, Alo appealed to ILO to extend  its usual full support to the NigerianGovernment in the formulation and implementation of Decent Work CountryProgramme III, which had become overdue.

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Labour: FG Urges Employers To Provide Decent Jobs Or Face Severe Consequences - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
September 28, 2021
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige, said this in a statement signed by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Charles Akpan, in Abuja.
The statement quoted Ngige to have spoken while addressing a joint visit by the leaders of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN and the National Pension Commission, PENCOM.
He called on employers of labour and Labour unions to pay greater attention to providing formal and regular jobs for workers across the federation.
The minister also noted that unemployment and indecent jobs were huge incubators of national insecurity. According to him, insecurity is caused by people who feel cheated by the society.
IPMAN National President Chinedu Okonkwo, said the visit was to seek the collaboration of the ministry in keying into the Federal Government’s Micro Pension Plan for millions of its workers.

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Labour Law: Federal Government To End Casualisation Of Workers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 27, 2021
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige said this at a one -day Public Hearing on the three labour bills by the Senate Committee of Labour and Employment in Abuja.
He made this known in a statement signed the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry Charles Akpan. The bills include the National Directorate of Employment Act 2004, Labour Act Cap L1, LFN 2004 and Prohibition of casualisation in Nigeria, Establishment Bill 2021.
Ngige emphasised that his ministry was committed to a seamless amendment of the labour laws to bring them at par with the international best practices. He however, maintained that casualisation was an annoyed anti-labour practice which the Federal Government had been addressing since 2016.
The Minister also called on the National Assembly to grant the ministry more time to liaise within the tripartite community so as to make fruitful contributions.  He added that the Federal Government could no longer close its eyes to casualisation.

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Labour Plans National Security Summit On Menace - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
August 27, 2019
Stillon labour, The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has resolved to organize a nationalsecurity summit to engage the current challenges of insecurity in Nigeria andproffer sustainable solutions.
Thisis coming as the wave of insecurity in the country get worse, especiallykidnapping for ransom, armed robbery, communal clashes and Boko Haram terrorattacks.
TheLabour said rallies would hold across the country to sensitise government andcitizens on the need to address the situation. It also condemned the FederalGovernment’s delay in commencing the implementation of the new national minimumwage.
NLCPresident, Ayuba Wabba, and the immediate past general-secretary, PeterOzo-Eson in a jointly signed communiqué at the end of its meeting in Kano, saidthe National Executive Council, NEC expressed alarm at the recent confessionsof an arrested bandit who allegedly disclosed that helicopters dropped weaponsfor criminals, which suggests conspiracy between criminal elements and big-timefinanciers of criminality.


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Labour Seeks Immediate Implementation By All Tiers Of Government - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
August 27, 2019
TheNigeria Labour Congress, NLC has demanded the immediate implementation of thenew national minimum wage by all tiers of government.
Theresolution is contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the NLC President,Ayuba Wabba, and the immediate past General Secretary Peter Ozo-Eson, after itsNational Executive Council, NEC meeting in Kano.
TheLabour union insisted that action on the policy should be effective from theday President Muhammadu Buhari assented to the law.
Theynoted with dismay, the continued delay by the Federal Government and othertiers of government to implement the new national minimum wage of thirtythousand naira as recently enacted.
Thenew minimum wage bill, which was signed into law by the president in April thisyear, had been stalled over the issue of relativity and substantial adjustmentof salaries in negotiations between government and labour.


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Lack Of Strikers, Rangers Major Problem, Says Coach Salisu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
Coach of Rangers InternationalFootball Club of Enugu, Salisu Yusuf, has identified lack of strikers as theclub’s current challenges.
Yusuf stated this while speaking tonewsmen in Enugu, after the morning training, adding that other departments hadbeen fixed.
He said the players were ready tochange things to ensure good results, both at home and away.
Reports say that Rangers occupied20th position in the League, with six points after nine matches, scoring fivegoals and conceding 10 in the league.

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Lafiya: Hukumar NCDC Ta Ce Cutar Lassa Ta Kashe Mutane 37 A Nijeriya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 22, 2019
Hukumar kula da cutuka masu saurinyaduwa a Nijeriya NCDC ta sanar da karuwar mutane 37 da suka kamu da cutar zazzabinLassa a fadin Nijeriya.
Babban jami’in hukumar ChikweIhekweazu ya kara da cewa, mutanen  sunkamu da cutar ne daga ranar 4 zuwa 10 ga watan Fabarairu.
Ihekweazu ya ce, a gwajin da sukagudanar a kan mutane 947 daga jihohi 20 da ake kyautata zaton su na dauke dacutar sun tabbatar da cutar a jikin mutane 324.
Jami’in ya kuna ce, tun bayan sake barkewarcutar a farkon shekarar nan ta 2019 akalla mutane 69 ta hallaka a jihohi 20 Nijeriya.
A karshe Chikwe Ihekweazu ya cedaga ranar 8 ga watan Fabrairu mutane 57 ne suka mutu sakamakon kamuwa dacutar, amma kawo yanzu adadin ya karu zuwa 69, matakin da ke nuna cewa cutar naci-gaba da yaduwa a Nijeriya.

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Lafiya Jari: Nijeriya Ta Zo Na Daya A Jerin Kasashen Da Ke Fama Da Cutar Kyanda - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 21, 2019
Sabbinalkaluman kiwon lafiya na duniya sun nuna cewa, Nijeriya ce ta farko a jerinkasashen da su ke fama da cutar kyanda, inda alkaluma su ka nuna akalla sama dayara miliyan uku ne ba a yi masu riga-kafin cutar ba a halin yanzu.
Jami’inda ke kula da hukumar lafiya ta duniya a jihar Borno Dakta Audu Idawo ya bayyahaka, yayin wani taron masu ruwa da tsaki da aka gudanar domin tunkarar aikinrigakafin cutar.
Ayyukan riga-kafin dai za su gudana ne daga a ranakun 21 zuwa 25 ga watan Maris, tare da hadin gwiwar ma’aikatar lafiya ta tarayya da asusun tallafa wa kananan yara na majalisar dinkin duniya.


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Lagos Assembly Appeals To President Buhari On Protection Of Shorelines - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 5, 2021
The House made the appealed sequel to a motion raised by the prime mover, Hon. Noheem Adams, representing Eti-Osa Constituency 1, during plenary session in Lagos.
The News reports that ocean surge had displaced lots of lives in the coastal areas of the state, especially during the rainy season.
The lawmakers also urged the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to release the ecological fund meant for the state, and on Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct the relevant ministry to come up with modalities to address the shoreline issues, adding that a state of emergency should be declared on the communities.
Adams disclosed that Lagos was excluded from the ecological fund, while states such as Abia, Imo, Adamawa, Jigawa, Niger, the FCT and others benefited from it.
The Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, said that the House Committee on Waterfront should evaluate dredging activities in the state and think of how to be involved in championing this cause.
Agunbiade explained that there was poor disposal of solid waste in the state; hence, the public should be sensitised on its unavoidable effect.
Commenting, Hon. Tobun Abiodun, representing Epe Constituency 1, said that investigations should be made into how the money previously allocated for the protection of shoreline in the state was utilized.
Abiodun said this was necessary so that the problem could be thoroughly addressed.

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Lagos-Badagry Expressway: FERMA Flags Off Rehabilitation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 19, 2019
The Managing Director of the Federal RoadsMaintenance Agency FERMA, Nurudeen Rafindadi, on Wednesday assured motorists ofspeedy completion of repairs on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
Rafindadi gave the assurance during the mini-flagoff of the general maintenance of the Lagos-Badagry-Seme dual carriageway,Okokomaiko-Agbara sections at Igbo-Elerin on the highway.
He said that the government awarded the contract inMay and was committed to making the portion under contract from Igbo-elerin toAgbara junction motorable.
He said that both the Federal Government and theLagos State Government were doing repairs of the highway simultaneously fromthree sections to reduce hardship on the road.
He said that the Federal Ministry of Works was alsoworking on the third section of the highway from Agbara to Seme border.
He assured of strict supervision of therehabilitation works, saying that the contractor was on ground and ready toquickly complete the work.
Rafindadi said that the contract sum was about N3.6billion, saying that measures were in place to ensure that the rainy seasondoes not affect construction works.


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Lagos Building Collapse: Institute Requires Independent Professionals As Inspectors - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
November 8, 2021
Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the Institute Lucky Isename, made the call during the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN forum in Lagos on Sunday.
Isename, who was reacting to the collapse of the 21-storey building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, said that the state government lacked adequate manpower to tackle infractions of building control regulations.
He also noted that the state government building monitoring agencies, in particular, had become short staffed, adding that this was also affecting effective supervision of numerous construction sites all over the state.
The Institute’s Chairman however advised the state government to engage teams of independent professionals as inspectors who would monitor numerous construction sites in various localities across the state.
Isename also called for strong synergy between the Ministries of Works, Environment and relevant professional bodies in supervising construction sites and ensuring that the right professionals are used.
He called on the National Assembly to expedite passage of the National Building Code Bill to check frequent building collapse in the country.

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Lagos Buildings: Many Residents Trapped As House Collapses During Demolition - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 18, 2019
Severalpeople have been trapped in another building collapse on Lagos Island, Lagos.
Officialsof the Lagos State Building Control Agency were demolishing another housebesides the building when the incident happened.
TheDirector of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasaki Musbau, who confirmed theincident, said firefighters from the Sari Iganmu division had been deployed inthe area.
The LagosState Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said he is aware that LagosState is demolishing some houses.+kidna�E�5v


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Lagos: Dana Air Plane Crash-Lands. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 25, 2024
A statement signed by Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa, Head of Corporate Communications of the airline, said all the 83 passengers and crew members onboard were unharmed.
According to Ezenwa, the airline was relieved to confirm that all 83 passengers and crew onboard the flight disembarked safely without injuries or scare as the crew handled the situation with utmost professionalism.
He said all relevant authorities have been informed of the incident.


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Lagos Demands Review Of Revenue Formula, Seeks Special Status - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
October 5, 2021
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the demand on Monday while calling for a special status for Lagos over what he describes as its huge financial obligations to the national coffers.
Speaking during a two-day South-West zonal public hearing on the review of the revenue allocation formula organised by Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission RMAFC, Sanwo-Olu said the state also wanted a revenue formula that enhances the capacity to deliver high-quality services and dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
According to Sanwo-Olu, Lagos is more than just another state in the Nigerian federation as there is no tribe in the country that has no significant stake in the state.
On his part, RMAFC Chairman, Elias Mbam, lauded Sanwo-Olu and the Lagos State Government for accepting to host the public hearing.
Mbam said RMAFC began the process of reviewing the subsisting vertical revenue allocation formula in line with changing realities as the last review was done in 1992.


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Lagos: Doctors To Begin Three-Day Warning strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 13, 2020
DOCTORS in Lagos State are to begin three days warning strike from today over issues that affect their safety and welfare.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Medical Guild is the Association of Medical Doctors in the employ of the Lagos State Government.
The Chairman of the Guild, Dr. Oluwajimi Sodipo, who addressed reporters yesterday in Lagos, said the strike, which would run till July 16, would exempt members working in the state’s COVID-19 isolation centres.
He said Congress of the Guild on June 27 extended the two weeks ultimatum to the state government, after expiration of its initial 21 days ultimatum to resolve the issues.
The guild leader noted that the grace period was given to the government to meet 70 per cent of the doctors’ demands in order to avert the strike.
He, however, said the Council, after its meeting on July 11, observed that some of the demands were unresolved by the government.
“The issue of COVID-19 hazard allowances and inducement allowances Memorandum of Understanding approved by the Federal Government to the doctors has not been approved by the Lagos Government to her doctors.
“Doctors working in COVID-19 isolation centres are still being owed two months salaries, which has remained unpaid at the moment.
“They are also being unceremoniously disengaged without recourse to their welfare,” he said.
The chairman stressed that the issue of doctors getting infected and re-infected on a daily basis was not getting the required attention from the government.
“Our members are putting themselves on the line daily to provide care, and we need to do everything to protect our colleagues,” Sodipo said.
He said adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), prompt testing of health workers and insurance should be provided. Sodipo added that issues of shortage of doctors in health facilities have yet to be resolved with no visible substantive action taken by the government to resolve it.
“The congress will reconvene after the three days warning strike to review the progress made and plan for further actions.
“We call on the Lagos State Government to do all within its power to resolve the impasse,” he said.
Also, Dr. Babajide Saheed, former chairman of the Guild, said that the government could still avert the strike within 24 hours, if the needful was done.


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Lagos-Dubai Route: FG Designates Air Peace Flag Carrier - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 7, 2019
A Nigerian envoy hason today announced Bilateral Air Services Agreement, BASA with the United ArabEmirates UAE recognising Air Peace as Nigeria’s flag carrier on the lucrativeLagos-Dubai air route.
He, however, warnedthe airline to avoid anything that could tarnish the image of Nigeria, whileservicing the route, advising the company to ensure on-time flight services tosustain confidence and patronage.
The Air Peacecommenced flight operations from Lagos to Dubai en route the SharjahInternational Airport in Dubai on July 5.
The ambassadorrecalled that some Nigerian carriers had previously serviced the Dubai routebut could not sustain their operations, due to competition and other factors.
Rimi assured thatNigeria was keen to meet the terms of its BASA deal with the UAE, pointing outhowever that Nigeria had yet to service four slots in the air servicesagreement with the Middle East nation.
The Chairman of AirPeace, Allen Onyema said the airline’s foray into long-haul flights was aimedat connecting Nigeria to the world and creating jobs for its teeming populace.


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Lagos Election: Sanwo-Olu Dedicates Victory To Lagosians - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2019
TheLagos State governor-elect, Babajide Sanwoolu, on Sunday thanked
residentsof the state for electing him in the March 9 elections.
Addressingparty stakeholders in Ikeja after he was declared winner by
theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sanwo-olu said
hewas honoured by the overwhelming support of residents.
Hesaid though the victory carries his name, his success in the election
wasactually victory for all residents.
Sanwo-olusaid that he viewed the mandate given to him as a call to
serviceto improve the lives of the people.
Hethanked the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), both
atthe state and national levels, for suporting him.
Sanwo-olusaid he was particularly grateful to President Muhammadu
Buhari,Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the party National Chairman for
believingin his vision.
Sanwo-olusaid he would not disappoint those who had invested their
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Lagos: Emefiele Arraigned, Pleads Not Guilty To Charges. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 9, 2024
He was arraigned at the Ikeja High Court over alleged abuse of office and allocation of billions of dollars.
The trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi preceded the 26-count charge to Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile. But both defendants pleaded not guilty to all counts.
The defendants asked for bail pending the hearing and determination of the proceedings.
Godwin Emefiele is specifically asked the court to grant him bail on self-recognizance pending the hearing and determination of his case or in the alternative that he be released to his counsel pending the determination of the case.
His counsel, Lebi Lawal argued that the court should consider his status.
The counsel also says that this charge in Lagos is just one of the charges and Emefiele is likely to be arraigned on another set of fresh counts in Abuja next week.


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Lagos Flood Impacts 151 Houses – NEMA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2024
Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA Ibrahim Farinloye, said this in a statement.
Farinloye said preliminary assessment in some communities affected by the rainfall showed that residents were evacuated from 23 houses at Oke Ishagun.
He said 35 houses were affected at Isale Aboru, 29 houses at Ikola Community and 15 houses at Olubodun Majiyagbe-Ajayi.
Also affected were 12 houses at Makinde Street, 16 houses at Olokowo Street, 21 houses at Adeola Street, among others.
Farinloye said NEMA was working with appropriate state MDAs to ameliorate the effect of the flood on residents.
Farinloye said Tuesday’s excessive rainfall and downpour earlier on Sunday were strong signals of what to expect with the outset of 2024 rainfall.

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Lagos Govt Calls For More Investments In Agric Sector - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 5, 2021
The Lagos State Governments says concerted efforts and increased investments are needed in the agricultural sector to improve food production, food security and bridge the supply gap in the state.
The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, stated this today at a news conference to highlight activities lined up for the year 2021 World Food Day celebration in the state.
Olusanya noted that Lagos presently produced about 20 per cent of its total food demand, leaving a gap of 80 per cent to be imported from other states and abroad.
She said that new policies that would foster the sustainable production of affordable nutritious foods and promote farmers’ participation were being adopted.
Olusanya noted that the all-year-farming season would enable the state to attain its desired sustainable agri-food systems.
The commissioner noted that the COVID-19 pandemic had underlined the need for an urgent change of the route for the attainment of food security and safety; bearing in mind the changes and effects it had on agriculture.
Olusanya said that the World Food Day is celebrated worldwide every year on the Oct. 16 to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in 1945.


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Lagos Govt Seals Bars, Night Clubs For Flouting Covid-19 Protocols - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 30, 2020
The Lagos State Safety Commission has sealed some lounges, bars, spas, and night clubs for flouting the government’s directives on the closure of social clubs in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 in the state.
The Director-General of the Commission, Lanre Mojola, disclosed this while giving an update on the recent exercise carried out by the agency’s Compliance and Enforcement teams.
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He listed the areas to include Lagos Island, Surulere, and Abule-Egba among others, stressing that the government has zero-tolerance for breach of safety precautionary measures and would not condone flagrant disobedience of its directives.
Mojola stated that the Commission has started issuing provisional safety compliance certificates to social clubs that have registered and have had their facilities verified for re-opening.


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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Four Die, 12 Injured In Auto Crash - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2022
The accident occurred at 10:54 am on Tuesday around Oniworo in
Fidiwo village in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun
Sector Command, Florence Okpe, disclosed this in a statement.
Okpe said two vehicles were involved; a Mazda bus and a HOWO
tanker.
She said, 16 persons were involved which comprised 13 male adults and
three female adults, a total of 12 persons were injured; nine male adults
and three female adults.
Unfortunately, four deaths were recorded from the crash, all male adults.
The suspected causes of the crash were speed and loss of control.

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Lagos NDLEA New Commander Promises State Free Of Hard Drugs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
December 9, 2019
Thenew commander, National Law Drug Enforcement Agency NDLEA for Lagos State,Ralph Igwenagu has said that he will ensure that Lagos State emerges ahard-drug free state.
Igwenagu,one of the Commanders of Narcotic, said this in Lagos while unveiling hisagenda for the state.
Hesaid that the agency would collaborate with other security agencies to improveon the peace currently existing in the state.
Igwenagusaid that would enable the citizens of the state to embark on their dailyactivities without any molestation.
Headded that he would put in place certain structures that would facilitatenecessary tasks aimed at building a friendly environment in the state.
Thecommander also said his regime would consolidate on the achievements of hispredecessors and ensure that all necessary data that would help the commandenhance its service delivery remained intact.

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Lagos: Police Arrest, Arraign Prime Suspect Behind Distribution Of Petrol As Souvenir - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 15, 2022
The suspect was arrested and arraigned on Monday, at the Special
Offences Mobile Court of Lagos State in the Ikeja Magisterial District,
Holden at Oshodi.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu.
According to the statement, Ogbulu was arraigned on four counts
bordering on conduct likely to cause a breach of peace, endangering
human life by distributing combustible matter in a public gathering,
intent to do harm to another and unlawfully carrying on the business of
storage and containerising petroleum product without a permit.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, had ordered
her arrest following a viral video in which kegs of fuel were seen being
distributed as a souvenir during an event held at Havilah Events Centre,
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Lagos: Police Arrest One-Chance Gang, Recover Operational Vehicle. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 7, 2023
The suspects, Wale Ajayi, Abideen Saka , and Oliseh Sunday were arrested by Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad at their hideout weeks after they abandoned their operational vehicle while fleeing a scene of their operation after police operatives swooped on them.
In a statement on Twitter on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the operational vehicle of the gang was hijacked at gunpoint sometime in February but later abandoned by the gang somewhere around the Gbagada axis of Lagos State.
According to him, the suspects have been arraigned and remanded while awaiting trial.


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Lagos State: Gov. Sanwo-Olu Launches Anti-Okada Squad As Bike Ban Begins - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 1, 2022
No fewer than 600 recruited members of the squad attended the orientation exercise at the Adeyemi Bero auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja, organised by the state Ministry of Transportation.
This came as the Lagos State Police Command said it was ready to carry out enforcement of the ban to the latter, warning commercial motorcyclists to stay clear of the banned routes or leave Lagos.
Effective from June 1, 2022, the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu,  banned  the activities of the motorcyclists, in six local governments


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Lai Mohammed Must Resign - NUPENG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 24, 2020
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG has called for the resignation of the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, over what it described as the distortion of facts on the killing of its member in Abia State.
The union’s National President, Williams Akporeha, and the General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale in a statement,  condemned the provocative story of the Minister of Information on the national network television to the whole world on the facts regarding the killing of one of its members, Chibuisi Chikezie Okameme, a petrol station worker in Abia State, who was killed by a mobile policeman while discharging his legitimate duties and in the frontline of the struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday 5April.
NUPENG added that for the record, the policeman is in custody and has made confessional statement to the act, as autopsy carried out on the deceased and specimen of bullet removed from his body.
The Union said it found the lie to be uncaring and uncalled for, questioning how an elderly person and a Minister of the Federal Republic would lie against the dead.


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Lake-Chad Basin: Forum Agrees To Foster Sustainable Devt Through Dialogue - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 19, 2019
The Lake-Chad Basin Governors’ Forum for Regional Cooperation on Stabilisation, Peace building and Sustainable Development have resolve to remain committed to joint efforts towards fostering sustainable development across the regions through dialogue and cross-border cooperation.
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In a communiqué issued at the end of the SecondMeeting of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum in Niamey, governors’ expressedthe need to commit to a set of common regional priorities for stabilisation inthe region affected by Boko Haram.
The Communiqué was presented by Magus Titus,representative of the Governor of Far North Region, Cameroon Midjiyawa Bakarion behalf of the governors’.
The meeting of the Lake-Chad Basin Governors’ Forumwas attended by the governors from the Far North and North regions of Cameroon,Hadjer-Lamis and Lac Provinces of Chad, Diffa region of Niger, and Adamawa,Borno and Yobe States of Nigeria, AU, UN institutions, Regional EconomicCommunities, donor governments, traditional and religious among others.


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Lake Chad: Buhari Hosts Security Summit June 12 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 1, 2019
Nigeria is expected to host leaders of the LakeBasin Commission on a Security Summit on the sidelines of President MuhammaduBuhari forthcoming Second Term inaugural ceremonies slated for June
Buhari made this known during a bilateral meetingwith the Chadian President Idris Deby Itno in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on thesidelines of the meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC onSaturday.
According to the President, the summit is to come upwith new strategies to bring to a permanent end, the Boko Haram terrorism beingfaced by the countries of the Lake Chad region.
The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Mediaand Publicity Garba Shehu, in a statement said the two Presidents agreed that“the time has now come for the regional leaders to sit down to agree on how tochange the unwinding nature of the war.
Buhari noted that now that elections were over andhe is now back in full force, it was time for “a new way forward that removescompletely’’ the threat of terrorism from the Lake Chad sub-region.


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Lake Chad: Multi National JTF Maintains Aggressive Posture On Terrorists. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 16, 2023
A statement by the Chief Military Public Information Officer MNJTF N’Djamena, Lieutenant Colonel Kamarudeen Adegoke said the offensive posture and doggedness of the troops of MNJTF has continued to yield remarkable results.
According to the statement, following  attack by terrorists on troops position in the general area of Arege which was effectively repelled, an exploitation was conducted by troops of the Force on 11th  May, 2023 in the general area.
Several items were recovered including one Dushka gun, Dushka Turrell and a burnt Gun truck while several terrorists were neutralized during the encounter.
Similarly, troops of MNJTF conducted a clearance operation in the general area of Ferondiya and successfully subdued terrorists attacks with superior fire power as they cleared suspected terrorists hideouts and recovered equipment.
The Force Commander MNJTF Major General Gold Chibuisi while commending the troops for their doggedness during the operation urged them to maintain the momentum.
He expressed his appreciation to the Air Components from the Troops Contributing Countries for the vital roles they played in the operations which he said contributed to the numerous successes recorded by ground troops and further solicited for their support whenever the need arises.


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Lake Chad: Nigerian Military Kills Iswap Commanders, Others In Air Strikes. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 20, 2023
The commanders, Bello and Amir Musa Modu, were neutralised in a coordinated joint military airstrike on the fringes of Lake Chad.
The Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, coordinated the NAF intensive effort alongside with ground troops in continuation of Operation Warun III.
The onslaught was designed to annihilate Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the North-East region of the country.
Also, a military source in Maiduguri said that a ground assessment from the spots of the air interdiction showed that scores of the terrorists and the two commanders were killed in the process.
According to the source, other surviving terrorists fled with sustained wounds towards the Tudun Wulgo/Ngilewa axis in the border areas with Cameroun.


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Lake Chad: President Buhari Seeks Tighter Border Security Against Terrorists - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2022
He made the call in his opening address at the 16 Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake-Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), which was held at the Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari, who is Chairman of the Summit of Heads of State and Government, noted that the threat by terrorists in the region had been relatively brought under control, while the influx of weapons posed fresh challenges.
He however said in spite of the successes recorded by the troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, and the various on-going national operations in the region, terrorist threats still lurk in the region.
Buhari stated that there was the urgent need for expedited collaborative actions by border control agencies and other security services to stop the circulation of all illegal weapons in the region.
The Nigerian leader added that the Joint Task Force deserved commendation for various operations that had brought measurable stability to the Lake Chad Basin.

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Laliga: Nigeria’s Chukwueze Wins Best African Player Of The Season Award. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 7, 2023
Villarreal revealed Chukwueze as the winner on their website on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old best off competition from Sevilla’s Morocco internationals Yassine Bono and Youssef En-Nesyri, Athletic Bilbao and Black Stars of Ghana striker Inaki Williams among others.
Chukwueze emerged the winner after being voted for by more than 30,000 fans and 26 journalists from Africa.
He played a total of 2,348 minutes in 37 matches and started 27 of them.
In the Spanish league last season, he scored six goals and provided five assists.
He scored 13 goals, made 11 assists in 50 appearances in all competitions in the just concluded football campaign.


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Laliga: Nigeria’s Chukwueze Wins Best African Player Of The Season Award - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 7, 2023
Villarreal revealed Chukwueze as the winner on their website on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old best off competition from Sevilla’s Morocco internationals Yassine Bono and Youssef En-Nesyri, Athletic Bilbao and Black Stars of Ghana striker Inaki Williams among others.
Chukwueze emerged the winner after being voted for by more than 30,000 fans and 26 journalists from Africa.
He played a total of 2,348 minutes in 37 matches and started 27 of them.
In the Spanish league last season, he scored six goals and provided five assists.
He scored 13 goals, made 11 assists in 50 appearances in all competitions in the just concluded football campaign.


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Land Allottees IN FCT Owe 29 Billion Naira - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 10, 2022
This was disclosed by the General Counsel (GC) and Secretary of the Legal Services Secretariat of the FCTA, Barr. Mohammed Babangida Umar following the FCT Executive Committee meeting held on Monday, 9 May 2022, which was chaired by the FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello.
The GC said that the recovery of the funds will be carried out through the instrumentality of the courts. In his words “The Land Use Act allows us to recover ground rents through the Magistrate Court. 29Billion Naira is a lot of money that can be used to build infrastructure and improve services for the teeming residents of the FCT who require these services and whose welfare is the cardinal objective and concern of the present administration.
“It is our intention that very soon, debtors and people who are recalcitrant, who have refused to pay their ground rents and other rents due and payable to the FCT Administration, will be made to do so by being sued to court and if they don’t pay, may forfeit their titles on such land.”
Urging residents who are yet to pay their ground rents to do so or risk the prescribed penalties, he said “When this land is given to you, there are terms and conditions attached to the allocation. One of them and fundamentally, is for you to pay your rents. If you don’t pay your rents and you owe for years, what else do you expect?
“It’s like a tenant who lives in a rented apartment and who simply tells his landlord, I’m not paying. What does he expect? And if you need services on the land, you want road, you want water, you want refuse collection and you are not paying your rent, how then do you expect government to provide the services?
“We know that budgetary allocations are not enough and you have a duty to pay. After all, these lands are worth a lot of money. So why don’t you just take a bit of it and simply pay your liability” the GC concluded.
The meeting also received briefings from the Director General of the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Dr Idris Abbas on the flooding situation in the nation’s capital.


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Land Degradation: UN Calls For Partnerships To Speed-Up Action - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 10, 2019
TheUnited Nations, UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Muhammed, has called forinnovative partnerships to accelerate individual and collective actions toreverse land degradation and loss of bio-diversity affecting livelihoods globally.
Aminamade the call at the opening of the ministerial segment of the 14th Conferenceof Parties COP 14 of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNCCD.
Themeof the conference is: “Investing in Restoration to Unlock Opportunities.
TheUN top diplomat also called for urgent steps to speed up results of collectiveactions on all the issues relating to climate change.
India’sPrime Minister, Narendra Modi, opened the conference, with Ralph Gonsalves,Prime Minister of Saint-Vincent The Grenadines, in attendance.
Also,UNCCD Executive Secretary, Ibrahim Thiaw, said present and inter-generationalimpacts of land degradation underlined the plight of children being born whosefuture is not in the hands of the parents alone, but of humanity at large.

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Land Fraud: Kaduna Court Sanctions Fake Agent To One Year Imprisonment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 6, 2021
On Tuesday, Justice Z. Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, sentenced Godwin Francis, a fake agent, to one year imprisonment for defrauding a businesswoman of N600,000.
Francis was charged with fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Abubakar sentenced Francis, following his guilty appeal.
Earlier , P. Onyeneho, the EFCC counsel told the court that Francis was arrested on June 28, in Enugu state by the operatives of the EFCC zonal office, following a report by the Special Operation Section of the commission. The judge however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N250,000 and warned him to desist from committing crime.
According to him, sometime in February 2019, the convict defrauded Linda Paul, a businesswomen, of N600,000 by pretending to be a land agent.
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He said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 307 of the Kaduna State Penal Law.
Counsel to the defendant, A. Mohammed, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, he also said that his client does not have a criminal record.


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Land: Osinbajo To Intervene In FCT Community-Military Face Off - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 7, 2019
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has promised to meet with leaders of the Federal Capital Territory indigenous community over the alleged takeover of their land by the military.
Some indigenous Gbagyi people of the FCT today disrupted traffic on the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Way to protest the alleged takeover of their land without compensation.
Osinbajo’s motorcade ran into the protesting crowd en-route Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where he alighted and addressed the aggrieved protesters.
The vice president’s message was conveyed by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, via his twitter handle.


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Lantarki: Gwamnatin Tarayya Za Ta Sayar Da Dam 6 A Fadin Kasar Nan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 7, 2019
GwamnatinTarayya Ta Ce Ta Kammala Dukkan Shirye-Shirye Don Sayar Da Dam Guda Shida Ga‘Yan Kasuwa Masu Zaman Kansu Da Kuma Mayar Da Shirin Ta Na Banki RayaMasana’antu.
MinistanAyyukan Lantarki Da Gidaje, Babatunde Fashola Ya Sanar Da Hakan A Lokacin TaroKaro Na 29 Na Masu Ruwa Da Tsaki A Fannin Wutar Lantarki Da Aka Gudanar MinnaCikin Jahar Neja.
YaCe, Manufar Ita Ce Ba Cibiyoyin Ilimi Da ‘Yan Kasuwa Dama.
FasholaYa Kara Da Cewa, Wannan Duk Tsarin Gwamnati Ne Akan Kudurin Ta Na Kara Samar DaWuta A Karkara Da Shugaban Kasa Ya Amince Da Hakan A 2016.
ABangaren Wutar Lantarki, Fashola Ya Kara Jaddada Cewar, Kamfanonin Samar DaWutar Sune Ke Kawo Cikas Akan Samar Da Wutar A Nigeria.
AKarshe Ya Yi Nuni Da Cewar, Manyan Kalubale A Tsarin Samar Da Iskar Gas SunHada Da, Yadda Za A Samara Dashi Da Tura Shi Ganin Cewar A Yankin AkwaiMegawatts Data Kai Yawan 2,000.


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LASG, NPA Streamline Checkpoints Along Apapa/Tincan Axis - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 19, 2022
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, makes the disclosure at a Stakeholders’ meeting with Transport Unions in Lagos.
Fayinka said that the State Government would enforce zero tolerance on illegal extortions and activities of miscreants along the corridor through Special Mobile Courts created to address the challenges.
He explained that in streamlining the corridor, illegal extortion points would be sacked as the agencies charged with the role of managing traffic flow along the axis have been clearly defined.
Fayinka said that the traffic manager responsible was assigned to prevent any illegal activity that could hinder the smooth port operations for all Stakeholders.


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Lassa Fever: Benue Records 63 Cases, 16 Deaths. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 9, 2024
Ortese who disclosed this during a press briefing in Makurdi to mark the 2024 World Health Day celebration, appealed to the Federal Government to establish a Disease Control Centre in the state to fast-track treatment of infected persons.
He explained that over 5,550 vulnerable household across 276 council wards of the state, including the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been enrolled in the State Health Insurance Scheme under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund.
Ortesesaid the enrollment was to ensure that the right to health is not hindered by the citizens’ economic status.
He lamented that the state has experienced multiple disease outbreaks including lassa fever, measles, buruli ulcer among others.
He also revealed that the number of children dying before the age of five has reduced by 50 per cent between 2000 and 2017.


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Lassa Fever: Case Toll Jumps To 92, As New Deaths Recorded In Bauchi, Ebonyi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 29, 2021
The Centre made this known in its latest situation report on the outbreak
of the disease in the country. According to the NCDC, week 50, which
covered December 13 to 19, revealed that three more deaths were
reported in the week under review.
While Bauchi reported two new fatalities, Ebonyi recorded one new
death from the disease.
It explained that cumulatively from Week 1 to Week 50, 2021, 92 deaths
have been reported with a Case Fatality Rate, CFR of 20.3 per cent,
which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2020 20.7 per cent.
Lassa fever is an acute viral illness and a viral haemorrhagic fever first
reported in the Lassa community in Borno when two missionary nurses
died from an unusual febrile illness.
Since then, Nigeria has continued to report cases and outbreaks and the
disease is increasingly recognised to be endemic in many parts of West
Africa such as Benin Republic, Ghana, Mali and the Mano River region
(Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea).
The agency noted that a total of 190 new cases were suspected in 11
states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, but just 10 cases were
confirmed in four states.

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Lassa Fever: Case Toll Jumps To 92, As New Deaths Recorded In Bauchi, Ebonyi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 29, 2021
The Centre made this known in its latest situation report on the outbreak of the disease in the country. According to the NCDC, week 50, which covered December 13 to 19, revealed that three more deaths were reported in the week under review.
While Bauchi reported two new fatalities, Ebonyi recorded one new death from the disease.
It explained that cumulatively from Week 1 to Week 50, 2021, 92 deaths have been reported with a Case Fatality Rate, CFR of 20.3 per cent, which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2020 20.7 per cent.
Lassa fever is an acute viral illness and a viral haemorrhagic fever first reported in the Lassa community in Borno when two missionary nurses died from an unusual febrile illness.
Since then, Nigeria has continued to report cases and outbreaks and the disease is increasingly recognised to be endemic in many parts of West Africa such as Benin Republic, Ghana, Mali and the Mano River region (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea).
The agency noted that a total of 190 new cases were suspected in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, but just 10 cases were confirmed in four states.


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Lassa Fever: Centre Confirms 23 New Cases In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 23 newcases of Lassa fever that were recorded between February 18 and24.
The centre’s Chief Executive Officer Chikwe Ihekweazu, whomade this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja said that 1,279 suspectedcases had been reported from 32 states and Abuja from January 1 toFebruary 24.
He said that 381 of the figure were confirmed positive, 15probable and 858 negative.
According to Ihekweazu, from the onset of the 2019 outbreak,there have been 83 deaths in confirmed cases. He added that the case fatalityratio in confirmed cases is 21.8 per cent.
He said that Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Plateau,Taraba, FCT, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Kogi, Enugu, Imo,Delta, Oyo, Kebbi and Cross River, had recorded at least one confirmed case in66 local government areas. He, however, noted that in reporting week 08, twonew health workers were affected in Edo.


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Lassa Fever: Centre Confirms 25 New Cases In 8 Days - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 22, 2019
Nigeria Centre for Disease Controlsays it recorded 25 new cases of Lassa fever between February 11 and17 across the country.
The Chief Executive Officer of thecentre Chikwe Ihekweazu made this known on Friday in Abuja.
He said that the 25 new casesbrought the number of confirmed cases to 355 out of 1,139 suspected casesrecorded since Jan. 1 in 19 states and Abuja.
Ihekweazu said under the reportingweek 7 that out of the total cases, three were probable while 781 testednegative. He added that a total of 75 deaths had been recorded since the onsetof the outbreak.
According to the Officer, Edo, Ondo,Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Plateau, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Kwara,Benue, Rivers, Kogi, Enugu, Imo, Delta, Oyo and Kebbi states as well as Abujaeach recorded at least one confirmed case.


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February 21, 2019
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 37 newcases of Lassa fever recorded between February 4th and 10th.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Centre Chikwe Ihekweazuwho  made this known in a statement inAbuja, said that from January 1st  toFebruary 10th, out of a total of 947 suspected cases reported from 20 statesand Abuja, 324 were confirmed positive, three probable and 620 negative.
He added that since the onset of the 2019 outbreak, therehad been 69 deaths from the confirmed cases, bringing the fatality rate to 21.3per cent.
Ihekweazu said that Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi,Plateau, Taraba, Abuja, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Kogi,Enugu, Imo, Delta, Oyo and Kebbi states, had recorded at least one confirmedcase across 54 local government areas.
He also confirmed that three new health workers wereaffected in Benue, Bauchi and Rivers states in the recent outbreak.


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February 4, 2020
The Federal Medical Centrein Lagos has introduced a mandatory free temperature screening for patients,their relations and workers, in a bid to curb Lassa fever.
Some of the patientsdescribed the exercise as pro-active and laudable. A patient, Doris Nwabueze,said the screening is a good gesture by the hospital.
Also, Faith Agu, whobrought her daughter for treatment, said the compulsory screening indicated thelevel of alertness of the hospital’s management to the outbreak of the disease.
Chairman of the Infectionand Prevention Control Committee set-up by the hospital, Usman Olagoke said thescreening is one of the actions put in place to prevent any eventuality.
Also, the Head, Departmentof Family Medicine at the centre, Olagoke, said that members of the committeehad been trained on how to handle any suspected case of Lassa fever.

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Lassa Fever: Centre Registers 83 Death, 381 Confirmed Cases In 2019 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 19, 2019
The Nigeria Centre forDisease Control  NCDC has registered 83deaths, 381 confirmed cases and 1,279 suspected cases of Lassa fever in 2019.
The Senior TechnicalAdviser to the NCDC Chief Executive Officer, Kola Jinadu, said this in Jos onTuesday.
He was speaking at ahealth journalism masterclass organised by NIGERIA HEALTHWATCH, anon-governmental organisation.
The senior technical advisersaid the centre also has 12 probable cases, and  cut across 21 states of the country.
He said, however, thatthere was decline in the number of reported cases in the recent weeks.


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Lassa Fever: Centre Says Death Toll Reaches 144 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 12, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for DiseaseControl, NCDC says the death toll from Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria hasrisen to 144, with a Case Fatality Rate, CFR of 16.8 per cent.
It noted that this is lower than theCase Fatality Rate for the same period in 2019; 23.3 per cent, which highlightsimproved levels of detection and case management for Lassa fever across thecountry.
The Centre’s Director General ChikweIhekweazu, while giving an update on the disease, said in week 10, the numberof new confirmed cases decreased from 85 cases in week nine, 2020 to 81 cases.
He explained that these werereported from 15 states, Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Taraba, Plateau, Benue,Kogi, Anambra, Delta, Enugu, Adamawa, Kaduna, Sokoto, and Kebbi.
Ihekweazu, said in total for 2020,27 states have recorded at least one confirmed case across 119 Local GovernmentAreas.
The Director General noted thenumber of suspected cases had significantly increased compared to that reportedfor the same period in 2019. He further stated that the centre had rapidlyscaled up its preparedness and response for Lassa fever outbreak across thecountry.


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Lassa Fever: Centre Says Outbreak Killed 40 Nigerians In January - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 7, 2022
NCDC in a situation report explained that the 40 deaths represented a case fatality rate, CFR of 19.0 percent lower than the CFR for the same period in 2021 which was 22.2 percent.
The report also indicated that 211 confirmed cases of the disease were recorded out of a total of 981 suspected cases, adding that the in total, 14 states had recorded at least one confirmed case across 43 local government areas. It said of all confirmed cases, 82 percent are from Ondo, Edo and Bauchi States.
NCDC however stated that no new healthcare worker was affected in the fourth week of January.
The centre also explained that the National Lassa fever multi-partner, multi sectoral Emergency Coordination Centre (EOC) was activated to coordinate response activities at all levels.

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Lassa Fever: Death Toll Hits 93 In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 8, 2019
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said thedeath toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in 2019 has increased to 93 in thecountry.
In its weekly situation report, NCDC stated that1,374 suspected cases and 93 deaths were reported across 21 states, includingthe Federal Capital Territory as of March 3, 2019.
Between February 25 and March 3, 2019, 39 newlyconfirmed cases were reported from six states with eight new deaths in Edo,Ondo, and Kogi states.
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for DiseaseControl, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said there had been a rise in the number of newcases this week compared to the last four weeks.
This is coming a week after Ihekweazu said there hadbeen a decline compared to the 2018 outbreak.
The 21 states which had recorded at least one confirmedcase are Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Plateau, Taraba, FCT, Adamawa,Gombe, Kaduna, Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Kogi, Enugu, Imo, Delta, Oyo, Kebbi andCross River.


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Lassa Fever: Death Toll Rises, As Victims Flee To Ondo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 30, 2020
The Ondo State government says Lassa fever cases have risen,as victims from the neighbouring states are trooping to the State for freetreatment.
The State Epidemiologist, Stephen Fagbemiconfirmed that about twenty
people had been killed by the disease in theState.
The State Commissioner for Health, Wahab Adegbenro said thatthey are having the high figure because Ondo State is the only State that the
treatment of Lassa fever is free of charge.This is coming as the Rivers State governmentconfirmed that two more persons had losttheir lives to Lassa fever.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has strategized to preventLassa
fever disease from spreading in the country, byactivating the National EmergencyOperations Centre in eight states and the Federal
Capital Territory, FCT.
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire had said,  at anews conference in Abuja, that  Nigeria  is contributing to researchfor thedevelopment of Lassa fever vaccine, to proffer alasting solution to the disease.

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Lassa Fever: Disease Outbreak Kills 98 In 2 Months - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 8, 2022
The Centre added that 559 persons are currently undergoing treatment at various centres across the country, while 38 healthcare workers have been affected so far.
It was revealed that since the beginning of the year, l40 confirmed cases of Lassa fever were reported from 21 states and 79 local government areas.
The states are Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Benue, Taraba, Oyo, Ebonyi, Enugu, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau, Delta, Kaduna, Adamawa, Niger, Anambra, Katsina, Federal Captial Territory, FCT and Cross River.
The reports also said the predominant age-group affected is between 21 to 30 years.


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Lassa Fever: Disease Outbreak Kills Two, Infects Ten In Five States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 25, 2019
Lassa feverepidemic has claimed two lives in Abia and Edo states as the country approachesthe season for outbreaks of the toxic disease.
According to theWorld Health Organisation, WHO, Lassa fever is known to be prevalent in Nigeriawith the peak period anticipated from December through June.
Recent figuresfrom the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC confirmed that ten new casesof the disease in five states which includes:  Ondo, Edo, Ebonyi, Bauchiand Abia. In those new cases, one person each died in Edo and Abia states.
According to theCentre, from January 1 to November 10a total of4,500 suspected cases were reported from 23 states. Though, 764 were confirmedpositive and 19 probable.
It noted thatsince the onset of the 2019 outbreak, there had been 160 deaths with CaseFatality Ratio, CFR in confirmed cases at 20.9 per cent.  It observed thatthe predominant age group affected as 21 to 40 years, equally distributed toboth genders.

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Lassa Fever: EDO, ONDO Record New Deaths As Nigeria’s Toll Hits 151 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 14, 2022
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, disclosed this in its latest situation report on the outbreak of the disease in the country.
The new death each reported in the two states brings the toll in Ondo and Edo to 38 and 27 respectively. While both states recorded the most fatalities in 2022, Ebonyi is the third state with the highest death toll – 18.
Apart from these states, only 13 others have recorded at least one death from Lassa fever. They include Taraba – 14, Bauchi – 12, Benue and Gombe – eight, Kogi – seven, Nasarawa – six, Oyo – four, Kaduna – three, Enugu – two, as well as Anambra, Cross River, Kano, and Katsina – one.
Lassa virus is transmitted to man by infected multi-mammate rats and humans become infected from direct contact with the urine and faeces of the rat carrying the virus.
People also contract the disease by touching soiled objects, eating contaminated food, or exposure to open cuts or sores.
Secondary transmission from person to person can also occur as a result of exposure to the virus in the blood, tissue, urine, faeces or other bodily secretions of an infected patient.


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Lassa Fever: Expert Advises On Proper Storage Of Food Items - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 10, 2019
A medical practitioner in Umuahia, Chigozie Ubani, has advised Nigerians to ensure proper storage of food items in order to control the current outbreak of Lassa fever in the country.
Ubani  gave this advice in an interview in Umuahia, on Wednesday.
Ubani, who works with the Government House Clinic, Umuahia, advised Nigerians to keep rodents out of their homes and foodstuffs as well as maintain proper personal hygiene.
According to him, Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhage disease that has no vaccine yet.
He called for the examination and good quarantine of travellers in the affected states so as to prevent further outbreak in the country.
Ubani also called for public enlightenment and awareness on the risk factors associated with the spread of Lassa fever.
A total of 2,034 suspected cases have been reported from 21 states across the country from Jan. 1 to March 31, 2019.


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January 27, 2020
The Federal Government has applauded Kano State Government for taking pro-active measures to curtail Lassa fever in the state.
The Minister of Health, Osagie Enahire stated this during acondolence visit to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, in Kano.
Enahire, however, charged health workers to always observeethical standard while dealing with such kind of diseases, so as to avoidfurther complication and spread of the deadly disease.
The State governor’s spokesman, Anwar Awal, in a statementsaid the Minister sympathised with the government, people and family of twodoctors who died when they got in contact with the first casualty, whom theyconducted a surgical operation for.
The minister, who expressed his shock over the death,prayed for the repose of their souls and for the families, the courage tobear the lost.
The State’s Commissioner for Health, Aminu Tsanyawa, who wasrepresented by the Permanent Secretary, Binta Bala announced that the ministrytook pro-active measures immediately after sending the sample to the NationalReferral Centre in Abuja.

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Lassa Fever: Federal Government Intensifies Efforts To Curtail Outbreak - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 24, 2022
Minister of State for Environment Sharon IKeazor, made this known in a
statement issued by the Press Director of the ministry Saghir el-
Mohammed in Abuja.
She explained that the ministry had embarked on environmental health
and sanitation response campaign in 11 states to ensure improvement in
environmental sanitation, abatement of nuisance, rodent control, and
food hygiene and safety. According to her, Nigeria is currently
experiencing increasing number of reported Lassa fever cases.
The statement recalled that the most recent situation report from the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on January 16th, 2022,
indicated 96 confirmed cases and 11 deaths from 3rd to 16th January, in
27 local government areas in 11 states.
Sharon however noted that before the recent outbreak, the ministry had
taken proactive measures to improve the overall sanitation and hygiene
situation in the country. She said that the measures were establishment
of sanitation desks in all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal
Capital Territory, FCT.

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Lassa Fever: Federal Government Intensifies Efforts To Curtail Outbreak - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 24, 2022
Minister of State for Environment Sharon IKeazor, made this known in a statement issued by the Press Director of the ministry Saghir el-Mohammed in Abuja.
She explained that the ministry had embarked on environmental health and sanitation response campaign in 11 states to ensure improvement in environmental sanitation, abatement of nuisance, rodent control, and food hygiene and safety. According to her, Nigeria is currently experiencing increasing number of reported Lassa fever cases.
The statement recalled that the most recent situation report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on January 16th, 2022, indicated 96 confirmed cases and 11 deaths from 3rd to 16th January, in 27 local government areas in 11 states.
Sharon however noted that before the recent outbreak, the ministry had taken proactive measures to improve the overall sanitation and hygiene situation in the country. She said that the measures were establishment of sanitation desks in all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.


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Lassa Fever: Federal Government Says Cases Now 4,632, As Death Toll Rises To 102, - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2022
NCDC in its latest advisory warning to citizens of the possibilities of Lassa fever presenting malaria-like symptoms such as fever, headache, sore throat, general body weakness, cough among others.
The centre also announced that it had sent letters to states on the dangers of Lassa fever and the symptoms to look out for, noting that there had been an increase in the number of recurring cases Since, the last outbreak of the disease in 2016.
NCDC In 2019, said about 796 cases were reported, while in 2020, a total of 1,165 cases were confirmed during the height of the pandemic.
The Centre stated that Ondo had the highest number of deaths reporting about 47, Edo 15, Bauchi 12; Taraba 12; Ebonyi 9; Kaduna 4; Enugu 1 and Nasarawa with two deaths each.
Also, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has cautioned that Children under the age of 0-59 months are at risk of contracting the polio virus following the recent outbreak of the Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus in Nigeria.

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Lassa Fever: FG Reports Massive Decline In Cases - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 11, 2019
TheFederal Government on Monday says there is a decline in number
ofnew cases of Lassa fever in the country.
TheChief Executive Officer, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,NCDC
ChikweIhekweazu, made this known at a news conference in Abuja.
Ihekeazusaid that the country had witnessed a reduction in the number
ofpeople who have died from the disease compared to 2018.
Herevealed that the NCDC and partners had continued to sustain
responseactivities in states across the country, despite progress made so
far.
Ihekeazusaid that following the large Lassa fever outbreak in 2018, the
NCDCtogether with partners instituted five key measures to ensure
improvedpreparedness in 2019.
NCDCboss listed some of the measures as training of over 1,000
healthcareworkers on Lassa fever management, diagnosis and
surveillance,together with the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital.
Hesaid that prepositioning of treatment and diagnostic supplies to the 21
statesthat recorded cases in 2018, treatment centres and laboratories.


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Lassa Fever: Foundation Canvasses Adherence To Preventive Measures - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 1, 2020
TheNational Orientation Agency, NOA has restated commitment to collaborate withthe National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA to deepen digitalliteracy and curb cyber-crimes in the country.
Theagency’s Director General Garba Abari announced this in a statement in Abujawhen he received his NITDA’s counterpart, Kashifu Abdullahi Head of Press Unit,Paul Adonyi said NOA’s.
Headded that such initiative was imperative to tackle spate of cyber-crimes andimprove security in the nation’s cyber space.
Accordingto Abari him, improved digital literacy would ensure better protection ofcommunities, noting that for Nigeria to attain economic sustainability in themodern world, agriculture and other sectors of the economy need to be moderniseand technologically driven.
Alsospeaking, Abdullahi observed that ICT has overtaken oil and gas in the past twoyears, saying that the achievement was based on contributions to Gross DomesticProduct, GDP with over 32 million Nigerians active on social media.

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Lassa Fever: Health Ministry Confirms Outbreak In Abia Community - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 8, 2020
The Abia state Ministry of Health has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in Olokoro community, Umuahia-South Local Government Area of the State.
The ministry’s Permanent Secretary,Egbulefu Eze, told newsmen in Umuahia that a 28-year-old man who died in thecommunity was diagnosed of Lassa fever.
Eze allayed the fears of possible epidemicin the State, saying the ministry is taking measures to contain the spread ofthe disease. He said the victim died on January 1st at the Federal Medical Centre,Umuahia, where he was admitted.
The Permanent Secretary noted that theState government had always contained previous outbreaks and was already on topof the situation.
He explained that in the course ofthe investigation, all those that came in close contact with the deceased hadbeen identified and placed on surveillance.
The Medical Director of Federal MedicalCentre, Umuahia,   Azubuike Onyebuchi,while speaking on the disease, said that the deceased was initially suspectedto be suffering from acute appendicitis, adding that further examination on theman however, revealed the case of Lassa fever.

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Lassa Fever Kills 16 People In Ondo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 22, 2020
Sixteen people have been confirmed killed as a result of Lassa fever outbreak in Ondo State.
The State Chief Epidemiologist, Steven Fagbemi,disclosed this at the governor’s office in the Government House, in Akure.
Fagbemi made the disclosure while briefing GovernorOluwarotimi Akeredolu, as well as the local government chairmen from Ondo Northand Central senatorial districts of the State.
He also revealed that 84 cases have been reported sofar in the State since January 1, 2020.
According to the epidemiologist, 16 of the patientshave passed on, as their cases had reached the advanced stage before they weretaken to the hospital.
The outbreak is said to have affected Owo, AkokoSouth-West, Akure-South, and Ondo-West Local Government Areas of the State.
Also confirming the outbreak, the Commissioner forHealth, Wahab Adegbenro, noted that the disease has been occurring in the Statefor some years, especially during the dry season.
He, therefore, advised Nigerians to visit hospitals when they noticed symptoms of fever.

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Lassa Fever: Kogi State Establishes Treatment Centre - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 8, 2019
The Kogi government has established a bio-safety laboratory for the investigation of suspected Lassa fever cases.
In a speech at a one-day sensitisation meeting with traditional rulers and other stakeholders on Friday in Lokoja, Governor Yahaya Bello said that the state had also set up a treatment centre for the disease located at the Kogi Specialist Hospital, Lokoja.
The governor disclosed that the centre had successfully treated and discharged three patients, out of the five confirmed cases of Lassa Fever, from January 2019 till date.
The meeting, which was organised by the health ministry in collaboration with World Health Organisation,WHO, focused on strengthening Lassa Fever surveillance, routine Immunization and primary health care.
Represented by his Chief of Staff, Edward Onoja, Bello expressed happiness that Lassa Fever cases were being treated in the state, saying that 100 per cent success had been recorded in the management of the ailment.


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Lassa Fever: NCDC Alerts States As Death Toll Hits 102 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2022
In its latest situation report on the disease published recently, the agency
revealed that a total of 102 infected people died from the disease in
2021.
A breakdown of the report on Week 52 which covers December 27,
2021, to January 2, 2022, shows that three new deaths were recorded.
The predominant age group affected, according to the NCDC, is 21-30
years while the male to female ratio for confirmed cases is 1 : 0.9.
It, however, indicated that the number of suspected cases decreased
compared to the figure reported for the same period in 2020.
While no new healthcare worker was affected in the reporting Week 52,
the NCDC gave an assurance that the national Lassa fever multi-partner
and multi-sectoral Technical Working Group (TWG) have continued to
coordinate the response activities at all levels.
Lassa virus is transmitted to man by infected multi-mammate rats and
humans become infected from direct contact with the urine and faeces of
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Lassa Fever: NCDC Announces End Of Emergency Phase In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 31, 2019
TheNigeria Centre for Disease Control,NCDC, on Friday announced the end of theemergency phase of Lassa fever outbreak in the country.
Thiswas made known in a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer of NCDC,Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Friday, in Abuja.
Ihekweazusaid that the announcement followed a joint epidemiological review by the NCDC,WHO Nigeria and other partners.
Accordingto him, on the 22nd of January 2019, the NCDC activated a national EmergencyOperations Centre, to coordinate response activities.
Hesaid that the EOC was in response to an increase in Lassa fever cases at thebeginning of the year.
Ihekweazuadded that since the beginning of the outbreak, 578 confirmed cases including129 deaths have been recorded from 21 states as at May 26.
Hesaid that the NCDC, Federal Ministry of Environment, and that of Agricultureand Rural Development, as well as other partners coordinated by WHO Nigeria,led response activities across the country.


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Lassa Fever: NCDC Confirms 15 New Cases Of In 6 States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 30, 2019
TheNigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday has confirmed 15 new cases ofLassa fever from six states in Nigeria.
TheChief Executive Officer of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who made this known onSaturday in Abuja said that the 15 new cases brought the number of confirmedcases to 510 out of the 1,924 suspected cases since January 1 in 21 states.
Healso said that a total of 119 deaths had been recorded since the onset of theoutbreak.
Ihekweazusaid Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Plateau, Taraba, FCT, Adamawa, Gombe,Kaduna, Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Kogi, Enugu, Imo, Delta, Oyo, Kebbi and Cross Riverstates each recorded at least one confirmed case.
Henoted that no new health worker was affected, adding that a total of 16healthcare workers had so far been affected since the onset of the outbreak inseven states.
The NCDC boss said 32 patients were hospitalised at the designated centres.

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Lassa Fever: NCDC Confirms 162 Deaths First-Half 2023 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 2, 2023
Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, said 28 states to have recorded death toll to the disease, which includes; Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Taraba, Benue, Plateau, Ebonyi, Nassarawa, Kogi, Taraba, Gombe, Enugu Kano, Jigawa, Oyo and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, among others.
It added that the mortality toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria is 154, while it recorded 897 confirmed cases and a total of 4,908 suspected cases.
The centre, in its 16th-week Lassa fever situation report, also explained that the 897 confirmed cases were recorded from 26 states and 103 local government areas from January 1 to April 23, 2023.


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Lassa Fever: NCDC Confirms Outbreak Kills 80 Persons As At Thursday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 17, 2021
The Centre announced this during its routine situation report of Lassa Fever outbreak in the country on in Abuja, adding that 434 cases have been reported in the country.
The states affected by the infections include Edo 192; Ondo 150; Taraba 21; Ebonyi 17; Bauchi 15 and Benue 8. It added that while Plateau recorded eight cases, Kaduna recorded seven, Enugu has State 5; Nasarawa and Kogi 3 cases each, while Cross River, Imo, Anambra, Delta and Abia have 1 each.
It was gathered that currently, seven laboratories in the country have the capacity to test for Lassa fever and it is been coordinated by the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, NRL.
The Centre is also participating in the largest-ever Lassa fever study supported by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations, CEPI to provide an accurate assessment of the incidence of the disease in West Africa.

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Lassa Fever: NCDC Registers 411 Cases, 72 Deaths In 6 Weeks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 22, 2024
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, made this known on its official website, said the number of new confirmed cases increased from 70 in week five to 83 in week six, with nine deaths recorded in week six, from February 5 to 11.
It added that 65 per cent of all the confirmed cases were from Ondo, Edo, and Bauchi states, while 35 per cent were reported from 17 states.
The agency said the number of suspected cases in 2024 (2,122) decreased when compared to the figure reported for the same period in 2023 (8,280).
The World Health Organization, WHO, says people can protect themselves from Lassa fever by taking several precautions, include minimising exposure to rodents and their urine, sealing up holes or gaps in homes.

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Lassa Fever: NCDC Takes Fight To Next Level Through Public Enlightenment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 18, 2019
The Nigeria Centre forDisease Control has adopted public enlightenment and awareness creationstrategy and timely intervention to check the alarming rate of Lassa feveroutbreak in the country.
Statistics released bythe NCDC, showed that between January and July 2019, Lassa fever claimed about139 lives, with 615 confirmed cases, 17 probable and 2,327 negative in 22states.
The figure represents22.6 per cent fatality ratio in confirmed cases, while the predominantage-group affected is 21-40 years.
The states are: Edo,Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Plateau, Taraba, FCT, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna,Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Kogi, Enugu, Imo, Delta, Oyo, Kebbi, Cross River and Zamfara.
Out of the 22 states,six shared 93 per cent of the infection burden: They are Edo (36%), Ondo (29%),Ebonyi (8%), Bauchi (7%), Taraba (7%) and Plateau (6%).
The Director Generalof NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the organisation was working towardsestablishing treatment centres in the 36 states of the federation, includingthe FCT.

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Lassa Fever: Nigeria Moves To Contain Rising Cases - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 28, 2022
Endemic to Nigeria, Lassa fever belongs to the same family as the Ebola
and Marburg viruses, but is much less deadly.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Wednesday it
had activated the national Lassa fever Emergency Operations Centre
(EOC) in response to the outbreak in some parts of the country.
Lassa fever is spread by contact with rat faeces urine or the bodily fluids
of an infected person.
Most of those infected do not show symptoms but severe bleeding and
organ failure can occur in about a fifth of cases.
Infection numbers in Nigeria typically climb around the start of the year,
a phenomenon that is linked to the dry season.
The virus takes its name from the town of Lassa in northern Nigeria,
where it was first identified in 1969.

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Lassa Fever: Nigeria Records Four New Deaths, As Toll Hits 127 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 4, 2022
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, disclosed this in its
latest situation report on the management of the outbreak of the disease
in the country.
Nigeria has confirmed a total of 681 infections out of the 3,542
suspected cases reported from 92 local government areas across 23
states since the beginning of the year.
The Lassa virus is transmitted by infected multi-mammate rats and
humans become infected from direct contact with the urine and faeces of
the rat carrying the virus.


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Lassa Fever Outbreak: 41 Killed In 19 States As Osun Quarantines 76 Suspected Cases - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 6, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC says there havebeen 365 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 41 deaths in 19 states.
The Centre’s Director-General Chikwe Ihekweazu said thefatality rate was lower than last year.
He added that in spite of the increase in the number ofconfirmed cases announced on January 26, 2020, which stood at 258 with 41 deathsfrom 19 states, the overall Case Fatality Rate, CFR for 2020 is lower at 12.9per cent compared with the same period in 2019 which was 17.7 per cent.
The Katsina State Executive Director, Primary Health CareDevelopment Agency, Shamsudeen Yahaya said the state has confirmed two cases ofLassa fever and one death. The other victims he said are on admission.
He added that seven samples were collected by the agency;four were reported negative; one is still pending for confirmation, and tworeturned positive.
Also the Osun State government has quarantined 76 personssuspected to be infected with Lassa fever virus in the state. It said resultsof the test conducted on some of the people quarantined came out negative.

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Lassa Fever Outbreak: NCDC Says Nigeria Records 2 Deaths, 222 Infections - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 17, 2022
The Centre in its weekly situation report on Monday stated that 69
persons are undergoing treatment in treatment centres, adding that there
is a surge in the number of recorded confirmed cases of Lassa fever
across Nigeria. It stated that two deaths were reported from Benue and
Taraba states.
NCDC also explained that 51 new cases were recorded in Bauchi; 76 in
Edo; 46 in Ondo; three in Benue; nine in Taraba; 11 in Kaduna; six in
Plateau; three in Kogi; four in Ebonyi; two in Gombe; one in Katsina;
four in FCT; two in Nasarawa and Enugu; while Cross River and in
Rivers reported one cases each.
The Agency added that it has deployed national response teams to
Nasarawa and FCT, distributed response commodities to states and
treatment centres, and implementation of Lassa fever environmental
response campaign in high burden states by the Federal Ministry of
Environment.

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